Episode 48: Guy Burgess, Part One -- Penetrating Everywhere

Histories And Mysteries

On the cusp of the Second World War, a privileged son of the British middle class made the fateful decision to begin a secret double life -- spying on his home country for the USSR. An ideological communist with little else in common with the Soviet Union, Burgess' motivations in serving a country in which he had little interest and less affection remain inexplicable to this day.